Understanding Why the Green New Deal Won’t Really Work

[OfTheCross]

The reasons why the Green New Deal won’t really work are fairly subtle. A person really has to look into the details to see what goes wrong. In this post, I try to explain at least a few of the issues involved.

[1] None of the new renewables can easily be relied upon to produce enough energy in winter.

The world’s energy needs vary, depending on location. In locations near the poles, there will be a significant need for light and heat during the winter months. Energy needs will be relatively more equal throughout the year near the equator.

Solar energy is particularly a problem in winter. In northern latitudes, if utilities want to use solar energy to provide electricity in winter, they will likely need to build several times the amount of solar generation capacity required for summer to have enough electricity available for winter.

nakedcapitalism

A very good list of challenges with the GND

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

because its not actual policy. Its a napkin wish list.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

because its not actual policy. Its a napkin wish list.

Unfortunately, you're right. It won't work because no one knows how it would work. No one has actually defined what it will actually do.

So this whole exercise in speculation is a waste of time and propaganda.

 

[Geek Nasty]

If we could just get 20% phase in every 5-10 years, that impact would be massive even if we only got to 50-75% conversion. I'd accept nuclear to deal with all the pollution, political turmoil, and infrastructure costs that come from fossil fuels.

I was looking at green tech at the home level and man you can cut back on your dependence a lot with green tech. It's expensive, but that's where our subsidizing should go. That's the problem, a lot of it is so niche the costs are sky high.